Bash
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Bash or Bourne-again shell is the default Unix shell for most Linux systems. It was created by GNU project as a free alternative to Bourne shell
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History
Bash shell was written by Brian Fox and was first released in 1989. It is the official shell of GNU and the default shell of most Linux distributions including openSUSE.
Overview
General
To check what Bash version is installed
bash --version
For help
bash --help
Configuration
You can customize shell for each user using ~/.bashrc in his own home directory.
Remember that dotfiles (any file starting with a dot) are hidden.
And for everyone (including root) in /etc/bash.bashrc.